E-mobility companies in Africa are beginning local assembly of electric vans and taxis using Chinese-made kits and innovative financing to spread use of electric public transport across the continent.

The authorities say a growing number of citizens are being illegally recruited to fight elsewhere.

The Palace of the Sultanate Council of Sokoto has announced that Muslims in Nigeria will begin the Ramadan fast on Wednesday,8, 2026. In a

Another possibility is Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin ( JNIM ), a group linked to al-Qaeda that has been active in the Sahel and across the border in Benin. It formally announced its presence in Nigeria in October with an attack in Kwara state. More recently, new militant groups have emerged in the forests along the Benin border (see map).

The upcoming trip will be Nigeria's first state visit to Britain in 37 years

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria's data watchdog has opened a probe into Chinese-owned e-commerce giant Temu for suspected data-law violations, the regulator said on Tuesday, a move that could usher in legal penalties in one of Africa's biggest markets.

The 3 February massacre in Kwara State has shattered the illusion of a contained insurgency. As terror groups exploit the ‘ungoverned’ Kainji forest belt linking Niger, Kwara and Oyo, Nigeria faces a terrifying new reality: a jihadist corridor stretching towards the Atlantic.